It's the story of a relationship that has already fallen apart, and it's all over but the crying. She is choosing to end it on her terms this time and get ahead of the inevitable heartbreak. Musgraves has been there, it seems — before marrying fellow singer-songwriter Ruston Kelly last fall, she split from then-bandmate Misa Arriaga. If you've ever been in a relationship that you could practically see evaporating into thin air, you'll understand why she's flipping the script and letting her cowboy go.

It Was Obvious That Kacey Musgraves Was a Star

We've heard a few of the tracks from Golden Hour already, as Musgraves has been sampling a few on the road with Little Big Town. "Velvet Elvis," "Wonder Woman" and "Butterflies" all made the new album track list, in addition to "Space Cowboy."